Come To Life Poem by Natasha Ashwe

Was winding back on the coil
Again
So I stopped
Now I’m reaching out to the void to feel … yes …good …
Same echoes of latitude
I’m spooling the moonlight with chords
Walking briskly in the dark
Prince says ‘let’s go crazy’
And I think it’s just a bit bizarre
These people, intimate strangers, I need to cure me in moments of lassitude

Yesterday I woke up early to be perfectly sure that dawn was still coming here
Today the rain poured on the ecstatic doll in a doll house me
[So good to know someone cares]
Tomorrow; mine’s such a true and original portrait of Unknown
I’ll keep it for myself
While I paint flowers and colorful things to sell

Never felt this before
Secure
Tucked like toes in socks into my life
Concept; encores of altitude
I’m freefalling into the dreams of the different girls I have been
Dancing peak to peak
Learning to speak
Color through my hands
I try to understand every thought I’ve ever seen
Come to life

Yesterday I was so sure that you would be here today
Today I realized that everything I believe in comes to me without fail
[So good to know it’s all here! ]
Tomorrow never comes for people like me who live in the moment
Keep it for yourself
I’ll have me and today, you and tomorrow can go to hell.